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GALA ORGAN CONCERT the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director DAVID ROBERTSON, Conductor PAOLO BORDIGNON, Organist Eric Latzky Culture | Communications NY ELCCNY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2020 Contact: Eric Latzky, [email protected], +1 212-358-0223 ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CONSERVANCY Restoring A National Historic Landmark GALA ORGAN CONCERT THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director DAVID ROBERTSON, Conductor PAOLO BORDIGNON, Organist MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, NEW YORK Gala Dinner to Follow at the Mutual of America Building, Park Avenue HONORING BARBARALEE DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AND MUTUAL OF AMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP EVENT SUPPORTS THE RESTORATION OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016 LAUNCH OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CONSERVANCY SQUARE FOOT CAMPAIGN Initial Phase Raising Funds to Help Restore the Church Building’s North Façade CONCERT TO FEATURE 16th – 20th CENTURY WORKS FOR ORGAN AND ORCHESTRA FEATURING THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S 12,400+ PIPE ORGAN Housed in the Church Walls and Newly Restored Great Dome St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy presents The Philadelphia Orchestra in a Gala Concert of organ compositions from Bach to Saint-Saëns, Elgar to Beach – Monday, June 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the nave of St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, New York. David Robertson will conduct. Paolo Bordignon, St. Bartholomew’s Organist and Choirmaster, will perform on the largest pipe organ in New York City (12,400+ pipes), including its so-called “Celestial Division” housed in the newly restored Great Dome. The Gala evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. and conclude with a post-concert dinner honoring Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Mutual of America Financial Group for their support of restoring and preserving the St. Bartholomew’s site. The dinner will take place on -more- ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CONSERVANCY / GALA ORGAN CONCERT Page Two the 35th Floor of the Mutual of America Building, 320 Park Avenue, directly across from the concert venue. The evening will support the ongoing work of the St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy, including launching the Conservancy’s Square Foot Campaign, initially focused on helping fund restoration of the Church Building’s much deteriorated North Façade. Information about Gala ticket levels, beginning at $2,500, is available from Cailin Fitzgerald at The JFM Group, at 212-921-9070, ext. 11, or [email protected]. Gala tickets may be purchased online at www.stbconservancy.org/gala-organ-concert. The repertoire will include selections and excerpts of compositions for organ and orchestra from the 16th – 20th centuries – works by the French and Belgian composers Gigout (a pupil of Saint-Saëns), Jongen, Fauré (“Pie Jesu” from Requiem), Duruflé (whose musical training spanned the Rouen Cathedral to Notre Dame), Saint-Saëns (the finale of his Symphony No. 3, “Organ”); Gabrieli’s late 16th century Canzon in Double Echo; a late work by American composer Amy Beach, Prelude on an Old Folk Tune; Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1; and two works by Bach, including Leopold Stokowski’s orchestration of the master’s Little Fugue in G minor. Full concert repertoire is listed below. The St. Bartholomew’s Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, a superb example of the American Classic Organ, is the largest in New York City and among the largest in the world. A full history of the instrument is available at: www.stbarts.org/music/pipe-organ/. Completed in 1930, St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue is likewise an outstanding example of the work of architect Bertram G. Goodhue. The building’s main entrance is through the renowned Triple Portal, designed in 1903 by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, and inspired by the porch of France’s Abbey Church of St. Gilles-du-Gard, one of Medieval Europe’s grandest pilgrimage destinations. Its bronze doors and friezes are the work of distinguished American sculptors Philip Martiny, Herbert Adams, and Andrew O’Connor, the last in collaboration with sculptor Daniel Chester French. The interior contains works by architectural sculptor Lee Lawrie and mosaicist and muralist Hildreth Meière whose work can also be seen at Rockefeller Center and Temple Emanu-El. In 2016 the St. Bartholomew’s site was designated a National Historic Landmark. With this performance by The Philadelphia Orchestra, the spirit of Leopold Stokowski returns to New York. In 1905, St. Bartholomew’s Church, located at the time on Madison Avenue, brought the then unknown conductor from Europe to New York to become its Organist and Choirmaster. Stokowski’s arrival in the City prompted noteworthy changes in musical performance, beginning with adding female voices to a church choir. A limited number of Special VIP tickets, including the concert and private post-concert reception are $500 and $1,000, and can be purchased online at www.stbconservancy.org/gala-organ-concert, or by phone at 212-921-9070, ext. 11. General Admission Tickets begin at $75, and can be purchased online at www.stbconservancy.org/phil-orch-organ-concert or by phone at 212-710-9694. THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA The Philadelphia Orchestra is one of the world’s preeminent orchestras. It strives to share the transformative power of music with the widest possible audience, and to create joy, connection, and -more- ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CONSERVANCY / GALA ORGAN CONCERT Page Three excitement through music in the Philadelphia region, across the country, and around the world. Through innovative programming, robust educational initiatives, and an ongoing commitment to the communities that it serves, the ensemble is on a path to create an expansive future for classical music, and to further the place of the arts in an open and democratic society. Yannick Nézet-Séguin is now in his eighth season as the eighth music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra. His connection to the ensemble’s musicians has been praised by both concertgoers and critics, and he is embraced by the musicians of the Orchestra, audiences, and the community. Your Philadelphia Orchestra takes great pride in its hometown, performing for the people of Philadelphia year-round, from Verizon Hall to community centers, the Mann Center to Penn’s Landing, classrooms to hospitals, and over the airwaves and online. The Orchestra continues to discover new and inventive ways to nurture its relationship with loyal patrons. The Philadelphia Orchestra continues the tradition of educational and community engagement for listeners of all ages. It launched its HEAR initiative in 2016 to become a major force for good in every community that it serves. HEAR is a portfolio of integrated initiatives that promotes Health, champions music Education, enables broad Access to Orchestra performances, and maximizes impact through Research. The Orchestra’s award-winning education and community initiatives engage over 50,000 students, families, and community members through programs such as PlayINs, side-by-sides, PopUP concerts, Free Neighborhood Concerts, School Concerts, sensory-friendly concerts, the School Partnership Program and School Ensemble Program, and All City Orchestra Fellowships. Through concerts, tours, residencies, and recordings, the Orchestra is a global ambassador. It performs annually at Carnegie Hall, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival. The Orchestra also has a rich history of touring, having first performed outside Philadelphia in the earliest days of its founding. It was the first American orchestra to perform in the People’s Republic of China in 1973, launching a now-five-decade commitment of people-to- people exchange. The Orchestra also makes live recordings available on popular digital music services and as part of the Listen on Demand section of its website. Under Yannick’s leadership, the Orchestra returned to recording, with seven celebrated CDs on the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. The Orchestra also reaches thousands of radio listeners with weekly broadcasts on WRTI-FM and SiriusXM. For more information, please visit www.philorch.org. DAVID ROBERTSON, CONDUCTOR David Robertson – conductor, artist, thinker, and American musical visionary – occupies some of the most prominent platforms on the international music scene. A highly sought-after podium figure in the worlds of opera, orchestral music, and new music, Robertson is celebrated worldwide as a champion of contemporary composers, an ingenious and adventurous programmer, and a masterful communicator whose passionate advocacy for the art form is widely recognized. Robertson has served in numerous artistic leadership positions, such as Chief Conductor and -more- ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CONSERVANCY / GALA ORGAN CONCERT Page Four Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and a transformative 13-year tenure as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, solidifying its status as among the nation’s most innovative, establishing fruitful relationships with a spectrum of artists, and garnering a 2014 Grammy Award for the Nonesuch release of John Adams’ City Noir. Earlier artistic leadership positions include at the Orchestre National de Lyon; as a protégé of Pierre Boulez, the Ensemble InterContemporain; as Principal Guest at the BBC Symphony Orchestra; and as a Perspectives Artist at Carnegie Hall, where he has conducted numerous orchestras. He appears regularly with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Bayerischen Rundfunk, and other major European orchestras and festivals. Robertson continues a longstanding and rich collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, and conducts numerous
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